Faculty earn the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator credential, either through initial certification or recertification.
Seven University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have been recognized with Academic Nurse Educator Certification Awards from the Maryland Higher Education Commission through the Nurse Support Program II.
The faculty were each awarded the maximum amount of $5,000 for demonstrating excellence as an academic nurse educator through achieving the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential, either through initial certification or recertification. The faculty are:
- Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP ’15, MS ’00, NNP-BC, CNE, assistant professor and director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner specialty
- Maranda Jackson-Parkin, PhD ’13, MS ’06, CRNP-BC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN-K, CNE, assistant professor
- Tabitha Legambi, DNP '19, BSN '02, RN, CEN, CNE, assistant professor and vice chair, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health
- Regina Phillips, PhD, MS ’79, RN, CNE, assistant professor
- Kaitlin Shapelow, MS '13, CRNP, AGNP-PC, CNE, clinical instructor
- Lyn Starrs-Zorn, PhD, CRNP (A/AC), CWS, CNOR, CNE, CNE assistant professor
- Marleen Thornton, PhD, RN, CNE, associate professor
The CNE credential establishes nursing education as a specialty area of practice and creates a means for faculty to demonstrate their expertise in this role. It communicates to students, peers, and the academic and health care communities that the highest standards of excellence are being met. By becoming credentialed as a CNE, faculty serve as leaders and role models.